When l came to the end of the page, a warning went off inside my head: DON’T MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE!
    Needless to say, 1 obeyed myself with all my heart and mind. And, proud of my “page-turning” feat (技艺), I finished the rest of the piece without making a single mistake.
    After the final note died away, a celebration went into action inside my head. I had finished. I had mastered the impossible.

1. The author was nervous before the performance because _______.
   A. his or her mother and father weren’t present
   B. the strong spotlight was shining onto the stage
   C. he or she hadn’t mastered the entire piece
    D. he or she had never performed in public before
2. The underlined phrase “mess up” in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.
    A. put into disorder                           B. forget about 
    C. stop halfway                                 D. do well in
3. The author _________.
    A. didn’t make any mistake in the performance
    B. felt better at the beginning of the performance
    C. paid all attention to nothing but his / her performance
    D. lost his / her concentration sometimes during the performance